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Thesis etd-07132023-111918


Thesis type
Tesi di dottorato di ricerca
Author
LUCCHESI, LEONARDO
URN
etd-07132023-111918
Thesis title
"Modeling of ballistic transport in nanodevices made of 2D materials heterostructures"
Academic discipline
FIS/03
Course of study
FISICA
Supervisors
tutor Prof. Iannaccone, Giuseppe
Keywords
  • 2d materials
  • ballistic transport
  • bjt
  • contact resistance
  • effective Hamiltonian
  • graphene
  • hbt
  • heterostructure
  • modeling
  • mos2
  • spin
  • tlm
  • transistor
  • transmission line model
  • twisted bilayer graphene
  • wse2
Graduation session start date
28/11/2023
Availability
Withheld
Release date
28/11/2026
Summary
Understanding ballistic transport is fundamental for next generation electronics, thus computational modeling is essential for designing future devices. This thesis walks three steps in this direction. First, the introduction of a new device concept: an heterojunction bipolar transistor made of 2D materials. This device is the thinnest transistor concept possible, and we present its proof-of-concept and its figures of merit. Second, we present the Vertically-Ballistic Transmission Line Model, a new multiscale model describing transport across a bilayer structure used as a vertical contact. This model is tuned on few experimental parameters such as mobilities and dopings, and it gives numerous insights on the physics of a van der Waals vertical contact. Lastly, we simulate vertical spin transport in twisted bilayer graphene to look for effects useful for designing spintronic devices.
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